Black & Purple & Bling

Oh man I LOVE the way this one turned out!!

My coworker had originally been throwing around the idea of having some Thanksgiving nails. Then she cut her hair. She got this super cute, super short rocker hair cut and I was like, "OMG SHE NEEDS NAILS TO MATCH!!" She let me go wild on her nails and I. love. them.
This mani is using Black Shadow, You Glare, I Glow (which I bought JUST for this), Little Miss Sparkle (the silvery color. I needed 3 coats for opacity), Concrete Couture (accented over some of the black), and Feel Me On Your Fingertips (accented over some of the purple). I loaded her middle fingers up with studs, used silver Folk Art acrylic paint to hand paint the star, and stamped her ring fingers with Konad black polish and plate M60. Whew! My fiancée and roommate BOTH want this mani ;) I think I'm going to do a variation of it on my fiancée - with black and neon pink. I'm so excited.

BLING!

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Gelish Matte Top It Off And Trends Polish Take 2

I picked up more Gelish Trends polishes and have swatched them up! I had REALLY wanted to pick up the new Gelish Foil Nail Art kit, but I called 4 different Sally's in the area and NONE of them had it. Once I get my hands on one I plan on writing up a full review with pics. :)

Additionally, my lady requested a black matte manicure inspired (alright, straight up copied!) by one she saw on Pinterest.

By Sun Dancer at SolensDanserinde.blogspot.com I was able to use the new Gelish Matte Top It Off. I love it, so, so much. Her manicure is just 2 coats of Black Shadow and one coat of Matte Top It Off.
The Gelish Trends colors I picked up are Pinch of Pepper, Concrete Couture, and Feel Me On Your Fingertips (check out my Life of the Party swatch here!) A Pinch Of Pepper is AWESOME. Look at it on the black - it just turns into white polka-dots (and I'm sure it looks like black polka dots on white polish). It isn't glitter, really. It's more like confetti, I guess. It kind of reminds me of an eggshell or Robin's egg.

1. (2 coats) Pinch of Pepper, (1 coat) Top It Off 2. (3 coats) Black Shadow, (2 coats) Pinch of Pepper, (1 coat) Top It Off 3. (3 coats) Medieval Madness , (2 coats) Pinch of Pepper, (1 coat) Top It Off 4. (3 coats) Seafoam, (2 coats) Pinch of Pepper, (1 coat) Top It Off

Concrete Couture is a lot darker than I thought it would be. It's loaded with a very, very dark silver/grey glitter. It reminded me a bit of Showstopping, hence the comparison swatch.

5. (3 coats) Concrete Couture, (1 coat) Top It Off 6. (3 coats) The Naughty List, (1 coat) Top It Off 7. (3 coats) Showstopping, (1 coat) Top It Off 8. (3 coats) Black Shadow, (2 coats) Concrete Couture,  (1 coat) Top It Off

Lastly is Feel Me On Your Fingertips, a goooorrrgeous glitter purple. I wish I owned Princess Tiara, because I think it'd look AWESOME over that color! In retrospect, I bet it'd look pretty good over Cocktail Party Drama... should've swatched it over that one!

9. (3 coats) Feel Me On Your Fingertips, (1 coat) Top It Off 10. (3 coats) Plum & Done, (2 coats) Feel Me On Your Fingertips, (1 coat) Top It Off 11. (3 coats) Don't Be Such A Sourpuss, (2 coats) Feel Me On Your Fingertips, (1 coat) Top It Off 12. (3 coats) Black Shadow, (2 coats) Feel Me On Your Fingertips, (1 coat) Top It Off

Check out more Trends and Matte Top It Off swatches over here!

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